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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to design lighting for public, open and sports areas
   • Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) processes and workplace procedures for a given work area are identified, obtained and applied
2. Scope of the lighting requirement is identified from design brief
3. Safety and relevant conditions to the lighting design are identified, obtained and applied in accordance with relevant industry standards
4. Design development work is planned in consultation with relevant person/s involved in accordance with scheduled timelines
5. Develop lighting design
   • Relevant performance standards, compliance methods and lighting equipment is applied to lighting design in accordance with relevant industry standards
6. Alternative lighting designs are reviewed in accordance with the design brief
7. Safety, functionality, maintenance and budgetary considerations are incorporated in lighting design
8. Lighting design draft is checked in accordance with design brief and relevant industry standards
9. Lighting design is documented for submission to relevant person/s for acceptance and approval
10. Unplanned situations are dealt with in accordance with workplace procedure
11. Obtain approval for lighting design
    • Lighting design is documented and presented to client representative and/or relevant person/s
12. Requests for alterations to the design are negotiated with relevant person/s in accordance with workplace procedures
13. Final design is documented and approval obtained from relevant person/s
14. Quality of work is monitored in accordance with workplace procedures and relevant industry standards

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the UEE Electrotechnology Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide.
Designing lighting for public and open areas must include at least two of the following:	flood lighting of tennis courts flood lighting of netball or basketball courts flood lighting of football grounds lighting of squash courts lighting of indoor or outdoor bowling greens swimming pool lighting sporting spectator lighting other sporting applications stair lighting/passageway lighting park lighting mall lighting car park lighting

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements, performance criteria and range of conditions on at least one occasion and include:

determining the extent and nature of the lighting requirements from a design brief identifying and understanding safety and other requirements to which the lighting design shall comply planning to meet scheduled timelines applying appropriate knowledge of lighting performance compliance and lighting equipment in designing the lighting considering alternative arrangements for the lighting design, including safety, functional, maintenance and budgetary factors in the lighting design documenting and presenting the lighting design responding appropriately to requests to alter the design documenting and obtaining approval of the lighting design dealing appropriately with unplanned events applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including using risk control measures developing lighting design identifying and applying safety and relevant conditions in accordance with relevant industry standards monitoring quality of work preparing to design lighting for public, open and sports areas.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements, performance criteria and range of conditions and include knowledge of:

open area and sports lighting design for outdoor and sports application lighting, including: reasons for quality lighting in sport key terms in open area and sports lighting encompassing: quantity of light required horizontal luminance vertical illuminance illuminance uniformity uniformity gradient modelling and shadows colour rendering colour temperature glare emergency escape lighting switching mode emergency (continuity) TV lighting obtrusive light the sports lighting design process encompassing: project definition lighting study questions for indoor and outdoor venues lamp selection luminaire selection arrangement of luminaires cost of ownership installation aiming, measuring and commissioning maintenance layout for lighting in multi-purpose halls and enclosed areas sports grounds and stadiums: lighting configuration sports grounds with no spectator stand sports grounds and stadiums with a spectator stand swimming/diving areas other considerations: theatrical lighting effects and dynamic lighting recommendations: recommendations for non-televised events classes of play recommendations for televised events problem-solving techniques relevant manufacturer specifications and operating instructions relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements relevant workplace quality, instructions, policies and procedures.

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